Articles
ColdFusion Metadata Magic: Part One
December 11, 2007
by Brice Mason
Developers are writers. Each day we are tasked with telling a story through the software we create to a varied audience including other developers, technical writers, managers, and users. In addition to the code we create is usually a set of documentation which is produced with the same amount of care and attention. While I'm sure most of us would rather create content which includes semi-colons and curly braces, well-written, consistent documentation is one of the keys to a fluid software development team. The task of documentation doesn't have to be as daunting as once thought. This article will show you how to generate, maintain, and version standard documentation for all your ColdFusion components (CFCs) automatically in less than 100 lines of code.
10 Steps to Mastering the Adobe Flex-AJAX Bridge (FABridge)
June 15, 2007
by Brice Mason
Although currently in beta state, the Adobe Flex-Ajax Bridge (FABridge) has proven to be a simple, easy to use library which exposes Flex applications to traditional DHTML applications. However, current documentation, code samples, and general misinformation are preventing the exercising of this important technology. This article will present 10 simple steps to becoming a master of the FABridge.
Benchmarking ColdFusion Code
May 26, 2007
by Brice Mason
Today's developer has an incredible number of resources available to them. Tools, utilities, programming languages, and community all contribute to the process of crafting the elegant solutions to complex problems we are tasked with everyday. However, with this broad spectrum of resources comes a greater need to focus on what should be factored into the decision making process. While ColdFusion developers already have good tools and support to aid in this process, there is a void. This article introduces the cf_benchmark custom tag and benchmarking of ColdFusion code to the developer.
Truths: ColdFusion Mappings
April 27, 2007
by Brice Mason
There is a feature of ColdFusion with the ability to help you be more productive, develop code consistently across all environments, and even offer some extra security for your source code. While I'm sure you can come up with at least ten features immediately in your head, I'd be willing to bet you didn't guess ColdFusion mappings as one of them. Mappings are a simple yet powerful feature of ColdFusion. Their purpose and behavior deserves a little more attention than most developers would normally give it, we'll show you why.